Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 23-1.10 - Alcoholism
Section 23-1.10-7. - Standards for treatment facilities — Inspections — Furnishing information to department — Noncompliance with standards.

§ 23-1.10-7. Standards for treatment facilities — Inspections — Furnishing information to department — Noncompliance with standards.
(a) The department shall establish standards for approved treatment facilities that must be met for a treatment facility to be approved as a public or private treatment facility, and fix the fees to be charged by the department for the required inspections. The standards may concern only the health standards to be met and standards of treatment to be afforded patients.
(b) The department shall periodically inspect approved public and private treatment facilities at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner.
(c) The department shall maintain a list of approved public and private treatment facilities.
(d) Each approved public and private treatment facility shall file with the department on request: data, statistics, schedules, and any other information that the department reasonably requires. An approved public or private treatment facility that without good cause fails to furnish any data, statistics, schedules, and any other information as requested, or files fraudulent returns, shall be removed from the list of approved treatment facilities.
(e) The department, after holding a hearing, may suspend, revoke, limit, or restrict an approval, or refuse to grant an approval, for failure to meet its standards.
History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 130, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 40.1-4-7; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 14, § 4.

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